Sexual Ethics

“Based on polling in 2017, a majority of Americans (62%) support same-sex marriage, while 32% oppose it.” Pew

Mortification of Spin: “[W]e are missing out on learning the beauty of purity by reducing it to saying no to sexual activity outside of the bounds of marriage.”

Mortification of Spin: So what is the effectiveness of the contractual pledge? It isn’t to restore the sinner. It is to warn others.

“It’s a very strange place we’ve found ourselves in when elites say we have no right to judge adultery, but we have every right to judge couples who take steps to avoid it.” National Review

“The UMC’s Book of Discipline states that homosexuality is a sin, that marriage is only between one man and one woman, and that clergy are prohibited from being involved in same-sex relationships.” CPost

“The Courage to be Baptist: A Statement on Baptist Ecclesiology and Human Sexuality says the introduction of laws permitting same-sex marriages in England, Wales and Scotland in recent years has posed a particular challenge for churches in the Baptist Union of Great Britain.

“Those who hold to traditional religious convictions are now to be punished.”

Opinions seem to correlate with degree of regular church attendance

“… my book was used as a rule book to say this is the only way to do it. I know that that’s not helpful.” NPR

The culprit is an “alleged anti-LGBT policy barring students from engaging in sexual intimacy outside of marriage between a man and a woman.” Christian Today